Afternoon Roundup - Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major - S. Mariae ad Nives - Missa 'Salve Sancta Parens' - August 5th, 2013

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Investment Advice from St Basil the Great
• Canterbury Tales (Dr. Taylor Marshall) >> Is Marijuana Sinful for Christians? A Thomistic Analysis 
• Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture >> Snowden’s Asylum  (Srdja Trifkovic)
• Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture >> Obama Saves America Again  (Thomas Fleming)
• Crisis Magazine >> What Did the Pope Really Say about Gays in the Priesthood?  (Fr. Regis Scanlon, O.F.M. Cap)
• Crisis Magazine >> On the Unravelling of Our Military Culture  (Bruce Frohnen)
• Daily Meditations with Fr. Alfonse >> Mt 14:13-21 Hunger Games 
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> The first saint of North Korea
• DecentFilms.com (Steven D. Greydanus) >> Big Brother on the Big Screen: Hollywood, Surveillance and the NSA
• Dymphna's Road >> The Prayer
• Dymphna's Road >> A week of peace
• First Thoughts >> Papal Poverty  (B. D. McClay)
• I Want to See God >> Mary takes my hands in hers…..
• JimmyAkin.Com >> 1st Thoughts on the 12th Doctor
• Mark Shea (NC Register) >> Two High Profile Suicides
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> "Our Lady of the Snows" - Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome: "I also saw the holy city"
• New Liturgical Movement >>  Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 12.1: The Blessing of Sacred Vessels and Ornaments (1595 & 1961)  (Gregory DiPippo)
• New Liturgical Movement >>  Feast of St. Anne - Juventutem Michigan  (Jennifer Donelson)
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> CONFUSED ABOUT PELAGIANISM? DON'T BE! THERE IS A LITTLE HERESY IN EVERY CATHOLIC, IF NOT WE'D ALL BE PERFECT WITH NO NEED FOR THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE CROSS 
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> WHILE STRIPPING THE PAPACY OF THE OUTWARD TRAPPINGS OF MONARCHY, POPE FRANCIS IS SET TO BECOME THE MOST MONARCHICAL POPE IN MODERN TIMES BUT IN A SOUTH AMERICAN PARADIGM  
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> You say you wanna revolution? It’s here.
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> On the Extraordinary Form: “Pope Francis has not contradicted Pope Benedict”